The demon world I designed.

Chapter 5 Family
"Brother Qing, you'll be back in two days, right?"

When Chen Qing was still outside the courtyard, he heard the familiar voice of his sister-in-law. It was a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on the corner, so he paused and stopped outside the door.

The thick-waisted, round-armed, yellow-skinned woman in the courtyard was Chen Qing's sister-in-law Luo Xiu. Looking at the familiar figure, Chen Qing's eyes flashed with amazement.

I still remember that not long after I started school, my sister-in-law was fair and delicate when she married in, she didn't look like a daughter that the Zhuang family could raise.

It is said that the eldest sister-in-law is the youngest daughter in her natal family, and she is extremely favored. She has never done farm work since she was a child. Perhaps the Luo family did not expect that after her daughter married, she would be trained like this in just ten years...
"Ah, I should be back in these two days."

The voice of the reply was my old lady. My old lady is actually not too old, she is only in her early forties. If many top stars in modern times are still robbing girls in the boudoir at this age, but the woman in the courtyard looks very vicissitudes , It is said that the 60-year-old woman is probably believed by some people.

Chen Qing looked sad. If it wasn't for her own study, the Chen family with [-] acres of fertile land would have lived well even if their father was gone. How could the whole family be forced to move to the county town to grind tofu for a living?

Since ancient times, the three major hard jobs, blacksmithing, punting, and grinding tofu, have only been a few years?My mother and sister-in-law are so old that I can hardly recognize them...
"Soon, soon..." The old lady smiled and poured the ready-made tofu brain into the tofu rack covered with gauze, skillfully wrapped and compacted it, and was doing the final process of tofu.

"Mother..." The sister-in-law asked while helping, "Brother Qing is going to be an official, why are you working so hard?"

"Wouldn't it be a waste of the tens of catties of soybeans I bought a few days ago..." The old woman said with a smile: "Just push this last time, daughter-in-law, after this time, there will be good days in the future.... .”

"Yes, yes..." Luo Xiu replied with a smile, but her eyes were filled with apprehension.

When she entered the door, the mother-in-law coaxed herself like this, "Brother Qing has become a scholar, our good days are coming, our family has more than 50 acres of good land, but it's because Brother Qing and his father became a scholar and became a gentleman, so we can live together." The family business that was slowly earned.

So I helped to go to the fields, and worked hard to fight for a better life in the future.

Brother Qing has been admitted to the scholar, but the promised day is different from what her mother-in-law said at first.

"Daughter-in-law, listen to me, my brother Qing is a 12-year-old scholar. At first glance, he is a seedling of Juren. He can't be satisfied at this time. He has to continue to offer. After he is admitted to Juren, his life can be compared to that of a scholar who teaches in the village. It’s different, let’s not talk about being an official, at least it’s the teaching of the county school, it’s decent, and you have to think about the child in your stomach, if you have an uncle, won’t your child be able to study in the future?”

At that time, after two years of hard work, she heard that her mother-in-law did not keep her promise. She was going to get angry, but after hearing what the other party said, it seemed to make sense. It is much more convenient to rely on my uncle to find a living.

And if you have a daughter who is married with the help of a Juren uncle, you can marry better...
Thinking of this, she continued to bear it. Brother Qing lived up to everyone's expectations, and he was admitted to Juren.

But the ideal life still did not come, not only did not get better, but it got worse. In order for Chen Qing to go to the government to study and go to Beijing to catch the exam, almost all the foundation of the family was emptied, and the [-] mu of good land was not given to myself and her husband. Leftovers, sold out.

The family moved to the county seat, rented a small remote house, and started grinding tofu, which took another three years!
"Daughter-in-law..." After wrapping up the tofu, the old woman held the other's hand with a smile and found a place to sit down.

The tone was extremely friendly, but it made Luo Xiu's skin crawl!

Because every time my mother-in-law tricks herself into continuing to be a cow and a horse, she always speaks like this...
But Brother Qing has already been admitted to Jinshi. She has never studied but she also knows that it will be the end of the exam after studying, right?
Is there anything else to say?
"Daughter-in-law, our brother Qing is promising..."

"Yes, what mother said is true, brother Qing has great promise!" Luo Xiu replied with a smile, but her heart was full of vigilance.

"Brother Qing has become an official, and our family's good life is behind us."

Luo Xiu was startled, why are good days still to come?
"Originally, I heard from Master Huang that our Brother Qing's essays are not steady, and at most we will take the test for a fellow Jinshi. This is a fellow Jinshi. Most of them are sent to a remote place to be a county magistrate. This is not good for our family. Enough is enough, but brother Qing is promising, the person who heard the good news said that he still passed the second-class exam!"

"What's wrong with Er... Erjia?" Luo Xiu's words were a bit long-winded.

"This Erjia is very likely to stay in the capital to be an official!" The old woman said with excitement, "This capital is a good place. There are many good things under the feet of the emperor. From now on, our family will stay in the capital with Brother Qing." Jingcheng, maybe you can let your child go to the Imperial College, and Erya will be able to choose someone in the capital in the future, and picking anyone in the capital is better than Liuzhou!"

"Really? That's really a good thing!" Russell replied with a smile, but there was no joy on his face.

"But..."

As soon as Russell's face collapsed, she knew, she knew there was a 'but'! !

"This capital city is the place where the emperor lives. Every inch of land is precious. Brother Qing has just become an official, and his salary is not enough. Our family's tofu craftsmanship can't be lost. We have to build a house in the capital, right?"

"Ah……"

Russell's face was pale, and she understood that she and her husband had to buy a house for Chen Qing in the capital. How many years would it take to grind tofu for a house in the capital?

Thinking of this, Luo Su's pale face instantly turned livid, and just about to get angry, Chen Qing, who was eavesdropping at the door, coughed lightly: "Mom, I'm back!"

"Brother Qing?" The old woman was pleasantly surprised, she didn't even care about her stupid daughter-in-law who continued to fool her, she ran over in a hurry, and grabbed Chen Qing: "Why are you so thin? You have suffered so much." child….."

The elder sister-in-law behind her rolls her eyes straight, you are not pitiful for your eldest son who goes to deliver goods before dawn, this Chen Qing is so delicate and tender, I don’t know if I thought it was a young man who was raised by a member of the family, and it looks like he has suffered of?
"Brother Qing is back?" Because of what the mother-in-law said just now, she was not as enthusiastic about the returning Jinshi master as she imagined, but said with a fake smile: "I heard that you have a great future, and you want to be an official in the capital." official?"

Looking at the sister-in-law's look of going crazy, Chen Qing smiled wryly in her heart. It's been a long time since I saw her, but the old lady is still so good at painting cakes, and she still wants to fool her sister-in-law. If it is modern, it is also a proper entrepreneurial qualification ah…..
"No, no... The capital can stay if you want? The county magistrate on the northern side I assigned this time is here to pick up a family."

"County magistrate? Or the north?" Before the sister-in-law could react, the old lady was surprised.

"Son, the person who heard the good news said that you are a second-class Jinshi master. Why... why didn't you stay in the capital? But who did you offend?"

In order to keep Mrs. Huang from hiding it privately, Mrs. Chen Qing often sent things to Mrs. Huang's house, and heard Mrs. Huang talk about many scientific examinations. According to him, the new dynasty lacks people, even if Brother Qing only takes the exam. If you become a Jinshi, there is a high probability that you can go to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to become an official. If you can get the second-class, there is a high probability that you can stay in Beijing.

"Mother..." Chen Qing quickly explained: "This year's scientific examination is Enke, which is opened by the Holy One to supplement officials in the north. Except for Yijia, none of them can stay in Beijing!"

"Oh, how did this happen?" The old woman stomped her feet anxiously, and kept muttering, "I would have listened to Master Huang if I knew it earlier. Let's stay for another two years and let you wait for the next subject. It's all your elder brother's fault, you said You have been arching for so many years, why are you in such a hurry?"

The sister-in-law at the side almost got angry when she heard this, it's because she persuaded her dead ghost not to continue to listen to his mother, otherwise the whole family would have to give this little uncle a house in the capital!
Chen Qing also had no choice but to smile wryly, and hurriedly persuaded the old lady: "Mom, what's the advantage of staying in the capital? The officials of Sesame and Mung Bean are full of people who can't be provoked. They can't afford to rent a house with a low salary. They are released to the county. As your son is the oldest, what are you talking about, our family lives in a spacious county office, isn't it good?"

"What's good?" The old woman gave her son a white look: "There are many benefits in the capital. Although it will be hard for a few years, the good days are coming!"

The sister-in-law rolled her eyes when she heard that, now she hears that good days are coming and she wants to hit someone...
Chen Qing also comforted the old lady with a funny face for a long time, then looked at the sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, where is Brother Yong and Erya?"

The elder sister-in-law came in to give birth to a son and a daughter for the eldest brother, and she has been studying hard for so many years. Although she was painted by the old lady, the Chen family owes her a real debt, nothing else, just being fooled by the old lady The dowry alone is enough for me to pay back... I have to make up for it in the future.

"Brother Yong and his father went to deliver the goods early in the morning, and Erya and sister Hui are embroidering in the room." The sister-in-law replied with a curled lip.

Chen Qing was taken aback, how old is Erya, and already knows how to embroider?

Such a small girl, I don't know if she will hurt her eyes after learning that every day...
Chen Qing sighed in her heart, and quickly said: "Sister-in-law, pack up and go directly to the pier to find elder brother, tell him not to deliver the goods today, come back quickly for a reunion dinner, and leave for my place early in the morning !"

"In such a hurry?" The old woman was taken aback: "I..... the yard is full of freshly made tofu..."

"Sell it cheap to Aunt Liu next door." Chen Qing smiled and squeezed her old lady's callused hands, sat down to comfort her and said, "The urging in the north is urgent, and we can't afford to delay. Take office as soon as possible and get acquainted sooner. Over there, don't grind tofu. If you are bored, mother, you can take care of the backyard of the county government and make it into whatever you want. Don't you envy Huang Fuzi's pond of koi? Let's Raise a pool too!"

The old woman's eyes lit up when she heard her son talk about raising koi carp, but she was still unwilling to say: "You really can't stay in Beijing?"

"I can't keep it..." Chen Qing shook her head with a smile. If he used to be a little self-motivated and tried to find a way to stay in Beijing to enter the Sixth Department, but now he has no such idea at all. Those things he designed like to go to the bustling places most. Chaotiandu and these two places are definitely the hardest hit areas, and now they can hide as far as they can.

"Sister-in-law also ask Erya and Brother Yong to clean up." Chen Qing turned to look at sister-in-law: "When I get there, I will arrange for Brother Yong to go to the county school. That child is late in enlightenment, but it doesn't matter, I have time Teach it yourself, our family must provide for the second Jinshi to come out!"

"Okay, okay!" The sister-in-law laughed until her eyes narrowed. Although the family had suffered a lot for Chen Qing's education these years, if it was for her own son, she would suffer no matter how hard it was!

"Erya is still young, let's take her there and slowly teach her some rules. If it doesn't work, I'll find a foster mother to teach Erya. What's the matter, I have to find a good family for her."

"Where...why do we need to hire a nanny so much?" The sister-in-law hurriedly rubbed her hands when she heard this, she was very embarrassed, but she was very moved. She had suffered for so many years, and she didn't want Erya to suffer like this. The daughter is also herself. A raw piece of meat, naturally I hope that she will have a good life in the future...
"It won't cost much!" Chen Qing said with a smile: "I will always remember the help of my eldest brother and sister-in-law for so many years. Don't worry, I, Chen Qing, will never let your family be wronged again..."

"That's what you said..." The sister-in-law's eyes turned red: "As a family, if you say this, you will be offended."

A big stone in my heart was finally let go of my uncle's words. The thief mother-in-law has been fooling her for many years, and nine out of ten sentences are not true, but only one sentence is true. Brother Qing is not an ungrateful person!
Thinking of this, the previous grievances dissipated in an instant. After waiting for so many years, I finally saw the good days that the thief mother-in-law said...

"You set off tomorrow morning and take the waterway. The imperial court sent special guards to escort you. With their proof, you can also live in the county government directly. Save some money at home. Everything will be discussed when my son comes..."

"You...you're not with us?" My mother and sister-in-law asked in surprise at the same time.

"Ah..." Chen Qing said with a smile: "The higher-ups have some errands for me. I will rush to take up the post as soon as I finish the work here. You don't have to worry, go and live first."

"Son..." The old woman looked at Chen Qing suspiciously: "What's the job, it's more important than taking office?"

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, it's just that there are not enough people to help an adult." Chen Qing still comforted her mother with a smile.

But he became more and more determined in his heart, the family's happy life was just around the corner, he did not allow anything to threaten his family!
(End of this chapter)